Post #238,270
12/16/05 8:34:34 AM
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Anyone notice?
The sponsor (and content) of the "Linux Reference Center" on [link|http://www.linuxtoday.com|Linux Today]?
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #238,272
12/16/05 9:00:25 AM
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It's been that way for many months.
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Post #238,284
12/16/05 10:12:01 AM
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Yeah - it's gotten a lot of comments,
ranging from amused that MS is wasting money by advertising there, to annoyance at having to see that crock there all time, to anger that Linuxtoday is facilitating MS marketing/deceit.
I'm kinda in the first camp.
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- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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Post #238,300
12/16/05 11:22:45 AM
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Not amusing, but not something to get angry about.
Linux sites need money and that's not easy to squeeze out of "Free Software" enthusiasts (and a large number of Linux businesses are run by enthusiasts).
Microsoft has a definite interest in keeping their name on Linux sites that may be visited by non-enthusiasts thinking of defecting - it gives them greater credibility in the Windows / Linux controversy.
In my opinion Microsoft is not wasting their money and the sites are not betraying the community - they're getting the money they need to serve that community.
In the end this levels the playing field just a bit so both sides have to compete more on value in each others camps.
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Post #238,287
12/16/05 10:29:08 AM
12/16/05 10:47:23 AM
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Nope. What's a sponsor?
Oh right, they make those annoying "ad" things people who don't use Privoxy see all over their web pages.
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Edited by drewk
Dec. 16, 2005, 10:47:23 AM EST
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Post #238,289
12/16/05 10:39:52 AM
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What's a "Provixy"? ;-)
-YendorMike
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
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Post #238,293
12/16/05 10:47:44 AM
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I have no idea what you're talking about
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Post #238,295
12/16/05 10:58:34 AM
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Re: I have no idea what you're talking about
[link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/history?contentid=238287|View Edit History] calls your bluff. ;-)
-YendorMike
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
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Post #238,296
12/16/05 11:05:09 AM
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That's no bluff ... that's a lie
For it to be a bluff, I have to believe there's a chance someone will fall for it.
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Post #238,314
12/16/05 12:22:45 PM
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It's text, not image.
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #238,329
12/16/05 1:58:35 PM
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Oh, that thing
I followed your link, saw the big checkerboard at the top of the page, and assumed that was it.
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Post #238,331
12/16/05 2:06:05 PM
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The part that has the "Sponsered By" is an image
[link|http://www.devx.com/assets/vendshow/12833.gif|http://www.devx.com/...endshow/12833.gif]
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